Lionel turnouts and LEDs

Crickets...I hear 'em.

Hi Solar

Not perfect but you may want to consider this....when the switch is in the straight thru position, power is on the far side of the switch, no power, because of ins pins on the turnout side. Similarly, when the switch is on the turnout position, no power to the straight thru setting.

If you install a 3 or 5 mm incandescent bulb, using a spade connector to the track on each side...turnout or straight thru... and run the wire with the bulb to a location near the the switch control, it should light up when the switch is thrown straight or T/O. It would be one color bulb, but you would know that power was to the turnout or thru track. putting them close to each other might work out for you. I'd suggest a z-stuff 1002, but i think it has some wiring in it and might cause more problems than it is worth.

Ralph

Hmm...yeah that's not what I'm looking for, though you already know that. I'm hoping someone else can chime in.

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And replied with my fax number.

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How do I access your profile? As I said I'm new to using this forum. Thanks for your reply. 

 

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Once you go to the profile, on the right side is a link called Extended Profile.  You click that and in the extra data that is displayed, the member's email will be shown if he has entered it.

Thanks, John, I can see it now.

 

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